JanetsCandles Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Is exhausting, but so worth it. I remember someone had posted about dipping tapers a week or two ago. Thought I'd show pictures of my system. We made the racks and the "turnstile" that I use for dipping. The bigger ones are obviously "finished" tapers (before I cut them off the racks and finish cooling them). I'll be fluting them before I deliver them. I've got 3 other colors to do as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorseScentS Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Oh, wow! That's so cool! How many dips does it take from start to finish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetsCandles Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Close to 100, but it depends on the temp of the wax, too, it seems. Doesn't vary a whole lot though. I can do 32 pair at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorseScentS Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Close to 100, but it depends on the temp of the wax, too, it seems. Doesn't vary a whole lot though. I can do 32 pair at a time.Wow! How long does it take to finish a batch of 32 pair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetsCandles Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) Somewhere between 2 and 3 hours, usually. I'm doing it a bit quicker out in the garage than I did here in the kitchen. But then, in the kitchen, the dipping vat is so tall that I had to use a step stool to reach.The pictures were taken almost 2 hours apart. Had to go look the times up from FB where I uploaded them. Edited September 10, 2012 by JanetsCandles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy, USMC Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 OH MY! Great system ... good looking tapers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksranch Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Wow - that's very impressive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerWicks Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Wow - that's very impressive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbuddy Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 What a great system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysj Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 That is really cool I want to do tapers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetsCandles Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just did another set tonight, this one green. Two more colors to go! Whee! I love the look of these, but oi they seem to take forever to make LOL. Tonight it didn't help that my hot plate decided to give up on me tonight. Luckily the other burner still worked, but I almost had to pull out the heat gun to keep it going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samandkennasmom Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Wow, I have never seen how them were made! So pretty! I would never have the patience to make them but so glad their are people like you that do! Thank you so much for showing us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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